New build, first gaming PC, £700 budget, PC only

[davejh666]

Morning all,

My two boys have decided that between them they would like a PC for Christmas. I have a budget of about £700, can push slightly but not a lot to be honest. I only need the hardware, I already have a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard etc they can have and I will buy Windows separately. It does need to have a WIFI card as it will be up in their bedroom.

The will only be gaming in 1080p. They like things like COD, FIFA etc and I know my eldest wants to play some of the Total War games (Warhammer really).

Happy to build myself, or buy a pre-built, but I couldn't get the price below about £870 for a system with a 1660TI (not sure if that is needed or if there is an alternative card I could use).

Thanks.

 

[davejh666]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £185.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Castle Midi Tower Case - Black= £42.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM010)= £36.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 120GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £17.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 550W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £79.99

Total: £705.50 (includes shipping: £11.70)


That is what I have so far, anyone suggest anything different?​

 

[NovaKill4]

Looks like a solid build to me.
Only change i would consider is dropping the two storage drives and just getting a 500GB SSD, the only real advantage you would get is quicker loading times in games and any other programs that you would have had on the HDD.
If after 6 month you find 500GB is too limiting you can add more in as you need it.